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Which hand are you more comfortable writing with? Have you ever thought about that? Or how about why that hand is so much comfortable using than your other hand? It is not completely known why someone is a “lefty” or a “righty.” According to babycenter.com, newborns’ preference for which hand to use is most commonly shown when the baby is anywhere from 6 to 9 months old. However, you won’t be able to fully determine their handedness until they are around 3 years old when they begin to start...

﻿1998年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷
Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked A)，B)，C), and D) and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the...

General Biology Independent Laboratory Experiences for the College Science MajorFirst Semester
COPY OR SAVE TO A WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM to fill out and hand in to your instructor
Name:: October 4, 2012
On which page of the complete LabPaq manual does The Cycle of Scientific Inquiry figure appear? Answer: Page 3
LABORATORY 1 Work Area:Research and The Scientific Method
Exercise 1-1: The Dominant Thumb Experiment:
Results:
During the background examination of the literature,...

Title: Study of Dominant Thumb and Handedness
Abstract: In this experiment, the relationship of handedness and thumb dominance was tested. 50 people were asked to clasp their hands. Each person’s thumb dominance and handedness were recorded. Although there was evidence of all dominance/handedness combinations, there seemed to be a connection between the person’s handedness and their left thumb dominance.
Background Information: When people clasp their hands, almost all have a strong...

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All Handedness Essays

Literature Review
The Causes of Left and Right Handedness
There are many theories posing the cause of handedness. Many researchers have debated these theories but are yet to have found an unambiguous answer. Even so, it has been found the vast majority of people, around 90%, use solely their right hand for tasks involving dexterity, indicating that only around 10% of the population are left handed and ambidextrous to some degree. Generally is more common in males than in females....

Because people with left handedness have had plenty of stigma and curiosity surrounding them, a reporter from the Wall Street Journal, Christina Tsuei looked into the reasons behind a person being left handed and different statistics having to do with handedness. The article says that about ten percent of people are left handed and one percent is “mixed-handed “which means they are not dominant with either hand. Handedness is only partially linked to genetics. Because handedness has to do with...

﻿RIGHT AND LEFT-HANDEDNESS IN HUMANS
Why do humans, virtually alone among all animal species, display a distinct left or right handedness? Not even our closest relatives among the apes possess such decided lateral asymmetry, as psychologists call it. Yet about 90 per cent of every human population that has ever lived appears to have been right-handed. Professor Bryan Turner at Deakin University has studied the research literature on left-handedness and found that handedness goes with sidedness....

﻿The Dominant Thumb Experiment
Background Information: According to research conducted using Google with key words “hand clasping” and “thumb dominance,” the research was able to determine that multiple research studies have been done on the theory of “thumb dominance.” The first documented research was conducted in 1908 by Lutz. The latest study that the researcher could locate, was conducted by Reiss in 1999. This study composed that approximately 55% were left-handed, 44% were...

﻿Termite Handedness
Summary:
Animal behavior is the underlying concept of how living organisms act when presented a certain situation or environment. Understanding animal behavior in simple organisms such as termites can give us basic insight into how animal behavior works. In our experiment we tested termite “handedness” – if termites prefer to turn left or right. We did this by placing a termite in an ink path with a fork in it which would cause the termite to choose between going left or...

The relationship between handedness and hemispheric dominance?
By Isaac Somerton
This study was conducted to find a relationship between handedness and hemispheric dominance. The participants in this investigation were all year 11 students in psychology 1A/B at Greenwood College. The data collected by the survey sheet was put into a table then graphed into two separate graphs; one graph for left and the other for right hemisphere dominance. The results that were found rejected the hypothesis...

Sport: Volleyball
Skill: How to spike a volleyball
Equipment: Volleyball and volleyball net
Directions:
1. Stretch your arms and legs for 10-20 seconds each before starting. This will reduce your risk of pulling a muscle or injuring yourself.
2. Position yourself behind the 10-foot line (attack line), which is the line that is about 4 feet away from the net. If you have long legs or take bigger steps, stand a little farther back. If you are left handed, you may want to spike on the...

Is mixed-handedness more frequent among patients with schizophrenia than in the general population? – A meta-analysis
Introduction
The primary purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between handedness and schizophrenia. I will approach the question by using meta-analytical techniques; testing the hypothesis that mixed-handedness is more frequent among schizophrenic patients then healthy subjects (controls). Firstly, background information within the frames of...

A Hand Test: Genetical, Psychological and Social Analysis to Being Left-Handed
The preferred usage of one hand over the other is called handedness. Approximately 90 percent of the world’s populations are right-handed and these were passed on from one generation to other, although learning and culture could be the other possibilities to these phenomena (Lexicon University Encyclopedia, 1988). According to the New Encyclopedia Britannica (1993), laterality is the development of specialized...

Department of history
Mirror writing: Allen’s self observations, Lewis Carroll’s
“looking-glass” letters, and Leonardo da Vinci’s maps
G D Schott
Introduction
Mirror writing is “that variety of script which runs in an
opposite direction to the normal, the individual letters
also being reversed”.1 Mirror writing may be transient or
longlasting; affect single letters or characters, whole
words or sentences; and may be spontaneous or elicited.
In Latin languages, mirror writing is...

﻿Anna Marcon
Lab 1 Report
June 9, 2014
Introductions
Background
The dominant thumb experiment is used to observe the correlation between handedness and thumb dominance and whether one inherited trait will always influences another correlated trait. Examples of this experiment of this can be traced back as far as 1908. In this experiment 50 people were asked to clasp their hands and the thumb dominance. Once the hands were clasped, one thumb would naturally overlap the other and the...

﻿The Difference Between
Being Left-Handed and Right-Handed
About 90 percent of the world’s population is right-handed and only 10 percent is left-handed. It is exceptionally rare for a true ambidexterity. Most left-handed people develop some mixed-handedness by living in a world where most everyday objects are for right-handed people (Balter, 2009).
Balter says “one researcher hot on the trail of these issues is Natalie Uomini, an archeologist at the University of Liverpool in the United...

EARLY CHILDHOOD
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
GROWTH PATTERNS
* Height and Weight
What Changes Occur in Height and Weight
During Early Childhood?
* Growth rate slows
* 2 to 3 inches per year
* 4 to 6 pounds per year
* Individual variation
* As a group, boys are slightly taller and heavier
* Development of the Brain
How Does the Brain Develop During Early Childhood?
* Rapid growth in weight due to myelination
* By age 5 – brain is 90% of...

George J Machange
BUS METHODS
Dr. Ramdas
Case Study 2 : T-shirt Design
I’m left with one semester of my MBA program and I am looking to paying back some hefty students loans. Even though I had to borrow money to complete the program, I thought it was a worthwhile investment. Nonetheless, I would like to repay some of my loans before graduating, if at all possible.
I had recently taken entrepreneurial and small business classes and decided to put some of my knowledge to work. I suspect that...

My name is Andreas1) but I like to be called Andi
I'm 34 years old
I wrote a DokuWiki extension to make sure the previous fact is always correct
I've been born and live in Berlin, Germany
I studied applied computer science
I work as a system administrator/ programmer
I drink a lot of coffee
I don't like sports
I prefer T-Shirts and hate suits
My first computer was my father's 286 CPU; 40MB HDD; 4 MB
I'm only good at things I enjoy (or maybe the other way...

Brooke Harris
111542140
March 15th
RE104
Evil and Symbols Essay: The Truth About Evil in Myth
Many questions have been posed when it comes to the ever-controversial topic of evil, and will continue to be posed throughout time. Although prominent in everyday life, the battle between good and evil can also be seen in two of the most famous creation myths; the Christian myth of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden, and the Native Creation Story of Turtle Island. In the tale of Adam and Eve, it...

AMBIDEXTERITY EXERCISE
.....by Melvin D. Saunders
......Ambidexterity is the ability to use both your hands with equal ease or facility, but if you're armless, it could be your feet! In fact, it is quite advantageous in certain sports and martial arts to be able to use both your feet with equal facility. The Greeks encouraged and tried to promote ambidexterity because it was simply logical in sports and battle to be adept with both hands instead of one. By combining the Phoenician style of...

IMPACT ON LEARNING OF LATERALIZATION OF BRAIN
George Sanchez
COLL100 B163 Summer 2012
The American Public University
Michael Hall
Brain asymmetry refers to the unequal involvement of both hemispheres of the brain in different mental functions. In their general anatomy, the two hemispheres are very similar but there are a number of finer features that distinguish them from each other (Annett, 1985 ). The link between these structural differences and...

﻿Motion study and work design
Definitions:
Motion Study:
Motion study involves the analysis of the basic hand, arm, and body movements of workers as they perform work.
Work design:
Work design involves the methods and motions used to perform a task.
This design includes:
the workplace layout and environment
the tooling and equipment (e.g., work holders, fixtures, hand tools, portable power tools, and machine tools).
Objective of Motion study and work design:
The objective towards...

Volley Ball
Volley ball techniques No.1.
Dig/Forearm Pass: In the game of volleyball, the act of digging describes a pass of a hard-driven ball from the other team. In other words, digging is the act of stopping the ball from hitting your side of the court after the opposing team has either spiked or served it to your team.
Keywords for correct technique No.1
ARMS STRAIGHT AT 90 DEGREES
• Be "ready" with arms at 90 degrees from your body.
• Bend at the waist - shoulders...

Abstract
Digit Span is an activity where a participant has to repeat a series of numbers to their instructor, such set of numbers lengthen each time. It is used to measure a person's short term memory and how much they can memorize. This paper uses Digit Span to find out whether a person can memorize letters or binary numbers more. Our statistics show that binary numbers are recalled more than single letters even though our hypothesis was that letters are easier to memorize.
In grade...

Today teachers do not try to change a student if they start showing signs at an early age of being left-handed. As students are now allowed to ues their natural hand to complete projects and tasks there are noticeable differences in styles students complete assignments. Left-handed students in the past were made write right-handed. Teachers took writing utensils out of the left-handed students and placed the utensil in the right hand of the student, eliminating left-handed students making it...

Final Proposal Abstract – Two Handed Bowling and Sandbagging
Sandbagging is a term used in many sports to define someone that is intentionally playing the sport bad in order to better themselves with handicap. There are people that completely agree with this and use the handicap as an advantage. On the other hand, you have the people that are for all intentional purposes trying to do their best every week and try to keep their average high. There are two sides to every story and finding out...

October. 10, 2011
Summary assignment
Brownlee, Shannon.“The southpaw's secret semantics.” U.S. News & World Report 24 Feb. 1992: 66. Print.
"The southpaw's secret semantics" article written by Shannon Brownlee, emphasize that there are different learning capabilities between the left-handers people and right-handers. According to series of research done by Beaver and other researchers, they have determined that handedness is the result of which hemisphere of the brain has...

﻿The Influence of Hand Dominance on Neuromuscular Reaction Time
Abstract
Neuromuscular reaction time may be influenced by hand dominance. This study examined whether hand dominance could influence the measurements of neuromuscular response by catching a meter stick in free-fall. A total of 9 subjects were examined with respect to hand dominance. The mean of the neuromuscular reaction time of the dominant and non-dominant hand was 268 mm and 314 mm, respectfully. The neuromuscular reaction time...

﻿Resources for English 102 instructors include the
sample syllabus,
“Instructor Guide to English 102″ (below),
theoretical framework for this approach, and
much more at http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/102_resources.htm.
Also useful (I hope) are the specific activities, documents, Research Journal prompts, and other projects detailed below.
Activities/Support by Assignment:
Student Info
Info sheet from Day One
Tons of other “Getting to Know...

1 Persuasive Speech
l. Specific Purpose/Goal: I want my audience to consider using their weak hand more often than they normally have been.
ll. Introduction:
Attention Getter - (question/test) How many of you can perfectly write the whole alphabet with your weak hand?
Topic – Using your weak hand more often can create more balance in your life as well as preventing long term problems.
Ethos & Audience Adaptation – I’m qualified to persuade...

Physical Education
Volleyball
Year 11
The purpose of this report is to evaluate my performance, of my chosen serve the overhand serve, using biomechanical principles. As stated by Amezdroz et al, (2004) "Biomechanics is the study of how living things move, and the efficiency of movement, in particular. Biomechanics is used to" Provide valid reasons for observed effects diagnose problems with technique and justify changes in technique.”
Throughout this term I have taken photos of my...

DISADVANTAGES OF BEING LEFT HANDED
Despite all the myths, superstitions and beliefs originated especially in the last century regarding the left handers, the truth is that they do not enjoy the same benefits as right hand people do. Left handed people have to deal with social, educational and safety disadvantages, which regrettably would be considered a kind of discrimination. Even in the current century where the technology advances play a key role in many fields, we could find left handers...

Discus: The Other Frisbee
Discus; a field event as ancient as the Olympics, is always underestimated. Many believe discus is an event in which you throw a disc like a Frisbee, but it’s not. There’s so much more. The so called Frisbee is actually a metal or rubber disc, which can vary in weight from 1 kg to 2 kg. In order for a throw to count, one must remain in the 8 ft ring at all times until the announcer says, “Mark!” Also, the disc must land in between the sector lines. The overall...

CUP & COOKIES Smart cup in which you can put 2-3 of your favourite cookies. You don't need extra plates. It's made for right handed and left handed. this will help saving dishes and you would get the right amount of milk you need everyday. by this you can make a cup Ventilation system
Didymium safety glasses Clear or colored tubing: 40mm heavy wall Graphite plate Torch kit Propane or MAPP gas
Pressurized oxygen (not required for Hot Head torches)
Clear blow tube: 15mm to 19mm heavy wall...

The tone of act five is immediately dfferent than the previous act because the tone for act four shows that Faustus is now afraid of his death. During act 4 he wasn’t afraid of death as he just accepted. As he watched the Pope is brutally abusing others he is somehow enlightened. In a way he would have lost his cool because now he is afraid to die. What is happening in this situation is that Faustus is relying on the Good Angel to come back and protect his soul, The first scholar wants Helen...

Hand prints
Handprints are marks that are produced after the hand has been in contact with pigments and the marks were usually left on rocks or walls. This can be trace way back to the Paleolithic people. Different purposes have been proposed by different theories about the essence of the handprints, among them being that they were used to mark as signatures for artists, showing territories for clans or families, showing status among society members, symbolizing sexual rituals (Nash, G 2012),...

Countryside Environmental Services Joseph Menna
KEY FACTORS
• CES, a waste management company, employs Vincent Woodman as consultant and manager to assist in getting a landfill site approved
• Conflict arises between Vincent and Gwen, the Office Manager - Gwen also has a power hold on the owner, John Hopkins
• Possibility of more than a working relationship between John and Gwen
• Gwen is causing tension and problems in the workplace with everyone, due to her...

Distinctiveness between the right and left hemisphere of the brain
Word Count: 995
Abstract
The brain assymetry experiment is to investigate on the distinctiveness of the right and left hemisphere in the brain as each hemisphere has certain specializations. The experiment were carried out by initially asking the 25 participant on whether they were left or right handed and they had to choose the chimeric image which appeared younger to them. Laterality quotients were calculated in order to...

2/11/2014
Clinician Clock Positions
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this class you will be able to:

Demonstrate and maintain neutral seated position for each of the
mandibular and maxillary treatment areas.

Demonstrate correct patient position relative the clinician

Demonstrate, from memory, the traditional clock position for each of the
mandibular and maxillary treatment areas.

Demonstrate standing clinician position for the mandibular treatment...

BA 390 Notes
04-01-13 (Lecture 1)
* Integrated marketing program is a comprehensive plan that communicates and delivers the intended value to chosen customers.
04-03-13 (Lecture 2)
* Downsizing: Reduction of the business portfolio by eliminating products and businesses units that aren’t profitable.
* Market segment: Group of consumers who respond in a similar way to a given set of marketing efforts.
04-08-13 (Lecture 3)
* Publics: Group that has an actual or potential...

Adding to the age-old debate of nature vs. nurture is the controversy over human hand preference. Is it a matter of genetics which yields the handedness of an individual, or is it determined by the person's surroundings and their environment? Those that believe nature is the main factor that decides handedness argue that it is decided by the the genetic makeup of the individual which has been passed down through the family. Those that argue on the side of nurture feel that each person has a...

Background examination for the Dominant Thumb Experiment:
• Upon reading the literature that the researcher found by googling, "Thumb Dominance," they discovered that almost every human being has a dominant thumb whether it be the right thumb or the left thumb on top after naturally clasping their hands together. However, if the individual tries to force their clasped hands to let the other thumb become dominant it's most often described as feeling awkward or abnormal. In 1999, a scientist by...

In the Florida versus USC volleyball game the players used the three touch method. The first person to hit it tended to bump it up the net left corner where the setter stands. The setter would set it to another player and they would spike it over the net. The players would use the proper approach when spiking it (right-handed people, left right left and left-handed people right left right.) When the girls dived they would dive and land on the thigh and roll up quickly too. While bumping the ball...

Kantipudi 1
Meghanath kantipudi
Professor Washington Diane
English 111
November 11 2012
That incident which teaches a lesson
Life is all about sweet and sorrow moments highs and lows but the most important part is learning from the lows and sorrow moments, try harder not to make the same mistakes. However there was this one very small incident which led to a major change in the way I think .
It was one of the first few months I got to America and needed a American driver’s...

Garrett Lones Lones-1
My Hobby
Bowling, bowling, bowling, my only alternative to life. I love to bowl. Nobody on the face of this Earth can stop me from picking up a bowling ball. That would be like trying to stop a hurricane. Bowling is a very tough sport. Bowling involves hand and eye coordination, timing, speed and most of all the law of physics. To be a good bowler you must...

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Lunch Counter Murder Case Report
Incident Type: Murder
Address of Occurrence: Ernie’s Lunchroom
A prominent racketeer named Fannin, was found dead due to a shot wound inside Ernie’s Lunchroom on Thursday afternoon. The body was laying facing down near the stools at the bar. The lunchroom’s owner and only employee, Ernie, stated that, “the murderer had leaned against the wall while firing at point-blank range.”
Upon arrival to the scene, we found various pieces of evidence which led us...

How to Throw a Frisbee/Disc
Throwing a Frisbee, or a Disc, is almost always a natural thing. Frisbees are trademark fun equipment kids and people usually use to have fun with, discs are what ultimate Frisbee players would use in an actual game and they are more professional perfect for throwing. Someone will pick up a Frisbee on the ground and throw it to their partner. The thrower, however, usually throws it a certain way, either forehand or backhand. There are three main types of throws...

Trammel Anderson
Chef Tiffany Henderson
Leadership
July 14, 2011
Topic: Personal Leadership - Knowing yourself so you may begin exploring your own true potential.
There are several questions that must be discussed first to gain access the knowledge of oneself. The first question is “what is a personal strength?”A personal strength is having self-confidence. It is the ability to communicate with yourself in a positive manner. It is having a vision of who you want to be, how you want to...

B.E.E.F.
Do you want to improve your shooting form? There are many ways to shoot a basketball, but I have found the most fundamental theory that has improved ball players shooting from all around the world. NBA All-Stars such as Dwayne Wade, Kobe Bryant, and the all-time 3-point champion Ray Allen all follow this theory for shooting form. The theory is called B.E.E.F., which stands for Balance, Elbow, Eyes, and Follow through.
The first step to B.E.E.F. is Balance, which is the foundation...

I would like to say if anybody comes in our country, it’s our duty to ensure that when they go back they say it was a good country to visit and the people were also good, helping and polite. So I will start by giving you some Moroccan specialties and show the way of life in Morocco. First, let’s begin with the gift-giving. Moroccans like to get to know you before giving or receiving gifts. You should wait until after the first meeting to present a gift. When you are invited to a Moroccan's...

Police Report
The scene of the crime involved, four customers and the owner- Ernie. There is one right hand print on the wall, and three sets of footprints all of which are going in different directions, from three different people. The body of Fannin was found facedown in the lunchroom after being shot. For customers B and D, their silverware was on the right side of their plate. Customer C’s silverware was on the left side of the plate, odds are that Customer C is the only left handed...

﻿LAB 1 Background and Hypothesis:
I know I haven’t passed the lab 1 H and B but I really do not want to lose points again just for the fact I didn’t get it done in time. I already lost -5 pts and I really don’t want to lose -20 pts.
So I am just gonna go on a whim here and just get it done through here so it doesn’t automatically fail me without me at least trying.
Background: Test to see if people who are Left Handed would be left thumb dominant and compare to see people who are Right...

﻿The Right Shift Theory
In 1972, Marian Annett of the University of Leicester UK proposed a theory that came to be known as the Right Shift Theory. She believed that as humans evolved, all of the major functions of the brain, such as speech, shifted to being controlled and centered in the left hemisphere of the brain, which controls the right side of the body naturally. By shifting important functions to the left, a bias for the right hand would be created. This lateralization and biased,...

When Left is Right
Left-Handed Toddlers
By Carma Haley Shoemaker
[pic]
One in every 10 people is left-handed, and males are one and a half times more likely to be left-handed then females, according to Lefthanders International. Medical researchers have looked long and hard for what causes people to be left- or right-handed. Their answer? The same reason why brown-eyed people have brown eyes: genes that manifest their trait one out of every 10 chances. With 90 percent of the population...

January 23, 2007
To: Teacher
From: Student
Subject: Analyzing a Discourse Community
I am analyzing my bowling league for our homework assignment, in which we were required to identify specialized terms, proper topics, channels, and rules.
Specialized terms
During a bowling league there are many terms that a person that has never bowled might not understand such as getting tapped. What could sound a little vulgar really means that a bowler's shot, or throw, was a good ball...

WHO COMMITED THE LUNCHROOM MURDER?
I think that that Customer C killed Fannin. The first piece of evidence that proves Customer C killed Fannin is that that the cash register had been rung up to 8.75 this is the exact total of Customers B, C, and D. This had to have been done before the murder, because the heel to toe footsteps that belonged to Ernie show that he walked to the cash register after mopping (footstep trail Y.) This was done before the robbery, because the only two reasons that he...

﻿Human Resource Management: HRMT 301
GCE Assignment: “Diversity Management”
Group Research & Report Writing
20% of final course grade Due Date/Presentations: Week 12/13
Objective of Assignment:
To examine beliefs, values and behaviours that form individual and community identities and the basis for respectful relationships in the workplace.
Introduction:
Diversity...

Understanding Cultural, Ethnic, and Gender Differences by Professionals in a Business Setting
1/12/14
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Professor Ivan Mancinelli-Franconi
SOCS350
Diversity is defined as “real or perceived differences among people in race, ethnicity, sex, age, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, religion, work and family status, weight and appearance, and other identity-based attributes that affect their interactions and relationships”(Bell, 2011, p.5). I am a...

Aaron Almonte
One Brain or Two?
Numerous researches and experiments have been done based on whether the human being possess one brain divided into two parts (left and right hemisphere) or whether we have two different brains working together. The psychologist Roger W. Sperry was the first on research this topic with some experiments on animals. Then, he later started working with Michael Gazzaniga. They were able to find split-brain patients. Those patients had their brain split as way...

Mr Tate
Mr. Tate said that on the night of November 21st Bob Ewell brought him to the Ewell house, where he found Mr. Ewell's daughter, who had been badly beaten. When Mr. Tate asked her who did it, she said Tom Robinson, and when he asked her if Robinson had raped her, she said yes. However he did not call the doctor to check the injuries. When Atticus asked which Mayella’s eye was the black eye, he confirmed the girl’s own right eye was injured.
Mr. Bob Ewell
Mr. Bob Ewell said he came...

Biology 111
Laboratory #1: MBS
Title: Study of the Dominant Thumb and Handedness
Abstract: The dominance of the thumb and it's relationship to handedness was studied. 50 volunteers were asked to clasp their hands and the thumb dominance and handedness of each subject was noted. The results showed a connection between the handedness of a person and it's opposite thumb dominance, though all combinations of handedness and thumb dominance were evidenced.
1. Introduction
A....

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have all developed different approaches to the planning and delivering of early year’s education.
England has the EYFS a statutory curriculum for children aged birth to 5 years for any child being cared for outside their homes. This applies to all settings regardless of how they are funded
Wales has the Foundation Phase which applies to children aged 3 to 7 years who are in receipt of local authority funding in setting such as schools,...

﻿SHC34- 1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role
“A duty of care involves an obligation that a person in a specific role has to ensure that others are taken care of and not harmed during a particular task. This involves giving appropriate attention, watching out for potential hazards, preventing mistakes or accidents, and making wise choices about steps undertaken in a role. If a duty of care is not met in a role that requires it, then the responsible person can be held...

﻿Joanna Osorno
Professor Boyd
Psychology 101
March 4, 2014
Question #2: How is discriminating against homosexuals similar to rejecting a left-handed person?
A homosexual is a person romantically and erotically attracted to same-sex persons. Being homosexual is part of the normal range of variations in sexual orientation. Discrimination against homosexuals has been seen in history till this very day. The unfair treatment is based on homophobia and heterosexism in our society. Gays,...

Understanding Aspects of Diversity in a Business Setting
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Understanding Aspects of Diversity in a Business Setting
I think as I discuss diversity in the workplace by managers and professionals in a business setting I should start with what those differences are that make us diverse. Harvey and Allard (2012) write, “those differences certainly include temperament and personality, but also culture, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability, age,...

Tolerance, as defined in the dictionary, is a fair and permissive attitude toward those who race, religion, nationality, etcetera, differs from one's own. In today's society we misuse the word tolerance. In such examples as, I am very tolerable of so-and-so. So to emphasize the true meaning of tolerance, society should look at the events that took place in history. There has been no tolerance in races, religions, and other characteristics of human nature.
In AD313 the Roman emperor Constantine...

“Latch Hooking”
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose: To demonstrate to my audience how to latch hook.
Central Idea: To show my audience how to unwind and express creativity as a hobby through latch hooking.
Introduction:
I. Good evening class!!! My name is Tiffany. What comes to mind when you think of arts & crafts? Arts & crafts can be enjoyed by people of all ages, not just the youth. There is a great range of activities one can learn and many hands-on skills to...

﻿Crossed Up: Does Crossed Hand/Eye Dominance Affect Basketball Shooting Percentage?
Abstract
Everyone's used to the idea that people are either right-handed or left-handed for particular tasks. That is, one hand is preferred (or dominant) over the other for a particular task. Did you know that people also have a dominant eye? This project is designed to look for consequences of having the dominant hand and eye on the same side of the body (uncrossed) vs. having the dominant hand and eye on...

The Book of Negroes by Lawerence Hill started as a story of the capture of a West African girl and her journey to become a slave. Her traumatizing experience was written with a desperate tone that was achieved through the use of literary devices such as metaphors and alliteration. Emphasis was put on the conflict between Aminata and society which helped to develop her as a hopeful character.
"We walked for many suns, growing slowly in members, lumbering forward until we were an entire town....

﻿Lab Report – Strong Example
Problem/Question
Does using a base coat before painting nails prevent chipping?
Background Information
When painting nails, some manicurists use a base coat before applying the polish. The purpose of a base coat is to help the polish stick to your nails more easily. Base coats also help to protect your natural nail from the staining effects of colored polishes. Ridge-filling base coats fill in the grooves and cracks in the nail to create a smoother...

Understanding Diversity in the Workplace
Chamberlain College of Nursing / DeVry University
Abstract
Despite a vast array of society’s attempts to make the workplace equal for all people, discrimination still continues to this day. When an employer understands and values differences among their employees, the company can gain many valuable assets. An employer can benefit by having a diverse group of employees, who each bring different strengths with them. Having a group of divergent...

The Importance of Understanding Diversity in a Business Setting
DeVry University
SOCS-350N: Cultural Diversity in Professions
Spring A, 2014
The Importance of Understanding Diversity in a Business Setting
“Diversity is defined as real or perceived differences among people in race, ethnicity, sex, age, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, religion, work and family status, weight and appearance, and other identity-based attributes that affect their interactions and...

﻿Luz Almonte
English/111
Professor Marquart
November, 12, 2013
“How to Make Mangu”
Growing up as a Dominican young lady there are several things that are expected of you. The older you becoming the more knowing how to cook and clean is stressed. I began to cook when I was nine years old. The first dish that I learned how to make was mangu with fried salami, fried eggs, and fried white cheese. Making the dish is not a complex task but making the dish perfect takes some time.
You...

40 Interesting Facts About . . .
Left-Handedness & Left-Handed People
1. Between 10-12% of people on earth are “lefties.” Women are more likely to be right-handed than men. 2. August 13th is “Left-Hander’s Day.” Launched in 1996, this yearly event celebrates left-handedness and raises awareness of the difficulties and frustrations left-handers experience every day in a world designed for right-handers. 3. Many sources claim that left-handers may die as many as nine years earlier...

History
There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim. The French philosopher Montaigne wrote of a dance he saw in 1580 in Augsburg, where the dancers held each other so closely that their faces touched. Kunz Haas, of approximately the same period wrote that, "Now they are dancing the godless, Weller or Spinner." "The vigorous peasant dancer, following an instinctive knowledge of the weight of...

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The world on the turtles back
The world on the turtles back is a creation myth story that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Native American culture. The story gives explanations for how the world came to be. It also tells of how day & night and also agriculture was created.
The Native Americans believed that there was a city in the sky. A woman lived there and became ill. She begged her husband to get things from a sacred tree....

An Analysis of the Volleyball Jump Serve |
Dr Marion Alexander, Adrian Honish MSc - Sport Biomechanics Lab, University of Manitoba, Canada |
IntroductionOne of the most dramatic skills in modern volleyball is the spike serve, or the jump serve, which provides an exciting and dynamic skill that is captivating for players and spectators alike. The player starts about five meters behind the end line of the court, uses a fast and explosive run up, a dynamic spike takeoff and an exciting...

Birth Order
A majority of the population around the world doesn’t usually familiarize themselves with specific birth orders within their families; it may appear to them as insignificant. These groups of families don’t realize that birth order unquestionably can impact any certain individual depending on which birth order they came about into this world. Information such as this would greatly assist many parents out there who happen to wonder why their child’s personality or attitude differs...

Okay, so there's this place called the Sky World, and there lives a man and his wife who is expecting a child. And there's a tree in the center of the Sky World that no being is allowed to eat from. *sounds familliar?* Don't touch the tree, don't eat from the tree, don't pee on the tree, don't look at the tree, don't think about the tree! Well guess what? The wife is having her weird craving as most pregnant women do and she demands of her husband to get the tree's roots so she can eat them....

To Kill a Mockingbird Persuasive Essay
​Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, all of the evidence we have heard has come to a decision to ruin this Negro’s life for something he has not done. He is being separated from his family just because someone cannot speak up and say what truly happened. Can you, the jury, not see that the evidence given by Mr. Ewell, Ms. Mayella, and Mr. Heck Tate clearly does not match with Mr. Tom Robinson’s testimony? The accusations that have been made towards him...

﻿ Tall
(Nature)
In my family all four of them are short. My parents are about 5’5 and my sisters are about 5’3, while I am about 6’1. I don’t know where I get my height from, but when I look at my cousins from my dad’s side every single one of the guys are just about 6’0 or higher and the tallest being 6’6. I have about 30 male cousins on my dad’s side. Also my grandfather from...

What makes me different
Each one of us has our own individuality. We may have similarities to other people in terms of our physical appearances but we can only tell what really makes someone different is when get to know him/her personally.﻿
In my case, I know find it easy to declare who I am. One could say I am just another one in a sea of faces. Talking, laughing, doing what I need to do and what I am told. I am not an assertive person because oftentimes I think negatively.
I...

Dr. Kenneth Hoffman
Sociology 200-302
2 January 2013
The Effects of Social Norms on Society
In a world where routine is dominant and change is difficult to adhere by, social norms have become major assets for a smoothly functioning day. With the experiment of breaking normative behavior I wanted to do something subtle yet startling. Sometimes the smallest changes in behavior receive the toughest adjustments. First impressions have a strong influence on a person’s relationship with...

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Let’s Be Lefties for a Day
DeVry University
Let’s Be Lefties for a Day
“The perception of normality is based on how closely you resemble the majority of people” (Devry College, 2013, Week One Assignment, Para. 1). I have been right handed since 2nd grade. This was not always the case though. When I began Kindergarten in 1985, I was predominantly left handed. I was persistently discouraged from writing with my left hand and eventually I became...

SWEDISH CLAP
DANCE
It is a couple dance and is always
lively. The dance has a 2/4 beat and
it is a playful dance with a
harmonious beat.
The slap in the dances emphasizes
the start of an action, but is ALWAYS
done respectfully and without
roughness.
The dance was made by a girl in
school.
The teacher decided to teach it to
his class and later on it became a
traditional dance in Sweden.
DANCE STEPS
• Partners take 16 polka steps in the beginning.
• After the steps, you stand beside your...

Education Research Essay
Many schools do not have enough funding to have adequate supplies for children to learn successfully. Some of the schools that follow the No Child Left Behind Act put in place by President Bush, in 2002(Dee & Jacob, 2011), have lowered their testing standards, to make it appear that the children are excelling, however, when they push up the standards test scores go down, not up. Schools perform annual tests, so that they might determine if any school are failing...

Development of Movements and its importance in the Life of a Child
This article briefly describes the process of the development of movements in a child and its implications on the personality of the child.
The Philosophy of Movement
The world of Man cannot be imagined without movement. Life is indicated by movement. In animal/bird/fish life we can realise that immobility is impossible. Even those classified as immovable (plant life) manifest their life by movement.
The human kingdom...

Compiling a Data base for use in the Teaching of Statistics
2009-2010
Introduction
With regards to the teaching of statistics, generally speaking the majority of undergraduate students tend to struggle when it comes to learning and applying course material. As illustrated by the Wason Selection Task we are better able to understand problems that we commonly encountered in the Pleistocene period of our biological evolution. This study set out to...

Walt Disney’s “It’s a small world after all” song has never been truer than in today’s society. Today the world as a whole leans towards technology. What use to take weeks to send and receive letters from overseas by what some today call “snail mail”, is all just a matter of seconds today. No one thinks twice about getting on applications like “Skype” or “Face Time” and being able to talk to almost anyone from all over the globe. Because of the technology today we are able to negotiate more...

The Trial:
I walked into the court room, and looked at the jury, they were all white, I knew that it would have to be a miracle to get the jury to come back with the verdict that Tom Robinson was innocent. But I had a plan. If the trial goes well, I will appeal against the verdict, and then the court case will go to another place, where the jury won't be so biased against black people.
The trial started and the first person who took the stand was the Sheriff, Mr Tate. The oppositions Lawyer,...

Now that I am looking back on Tom Robinson's court case, I have seen what my decision has done to my family and I have heard what my friends and neighbors have to say about the ordeal. If I could go back in time, I would still make the decision to defend Tom Robinson. This decision is backed by many reasons of logic and my morals. Many decisions people make are decided on what suits themselves, they do not think of other people and how it may affect them or show them what is right and what is...

Terminal Course Objectives
1
Given an example of the need to increase productivity in a workplace unit, such as a department of a large corporation, analyze the impact of cultural diversity on team building in the workplace, and formulate strategies for facilitating cooperation among members of a culturally diverse work group.
Key Concepts:
Define bias, prejudice, discrimination, and ethnocentrism.
Identify the impact of ethnocentrism on interpersonal relationships and communication....

The Art of Knife Throwing
Throwing a knife is a thrilling yet relaxing sport. The sound of a knife whirling through the air and thrusting into a target can give you a sense of pure enjoyment and accomplishment. Although knife throwing looks cool, it is not as easy as seen in Hollywood movies; but, with the right equipment and a lot of practice anyone can do it.
Knives in general are dangerous and should be treated with the upmost respect and caution. Throwing knives increases this rule...

﻿System Design in Diamond manufacturing
Authors: Gilad, Issachar
in Diversity and Importance of Ergonomics - Two Examples, Laurig, Wolfgang,Vedder, Joachim, Editor, Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety, Jeanne Mager Stellman, Editor-in-Chief. International Labor Organization, Geneva.
The design of manually operated work benches and working methods in the diamond polishing industry has not changed for hundreds of years. Occupational health studies of diamond polishers have...

Abstract
In this society, being right handed is typical and is very dominant. Studies show that just
being left handed could affect a person in many ways. This review of the psychology and left-
handed people will show how they think. It will also show their advantages in this society as
well as their disadvantages. Lastly, it will then show the effects. The paper uses information from
reliable and up-to-date sources to keep credibility up and give the reader valuable information....

Importance of Understanding Cultural, Ethnic, and Gender Differences by Managers and Professionals in a Business Setting
Abstract
Diversity in the workplace is one of the most critical challenges facing organizations today. When ignored or mismanaged, it brings challenges and obstacles that can hinder the organizations ability to succeed. For this reason, workshops, training programs, and college courses have been implemented to offer a copious amount of information on understanding and...